At this point, you sort of expect Donald Trump's big-picture assaults on free speech, foreigners, and the rule of law. (Sometimes, as in the case of the new outright assault on US higher ed , all three are packaged in one convenient wrapper.) Although troubling and dangerous, these kinds of attacks are all at least predictably unhinged; most are drawn from the standard authoritarian playbook or its more recent " illiberal democracies " update.

It's when you look into the details, though, that one is constantly reminded: Nothing is too petty to be corrupted in Trumpworld.

Not even "out of office" auto-replies.

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At this point, you sort of expect Donald Trump's big-picture assaults on free speech, foreigners, and the rule of law. (Sometimes, as in the case of the new outright assault on US higher ed , all three are packaged in one convenient wrapper.) Although troubling and dangerous, these kinds of attacks are all at least predictably unhinged; most are drawn from the standard authoritarian playbook or its more recent " illiberal democracies " update.

It's when you look into the details, though, that one is constantly reminded: Nothing is too petty to be corrupted in Trumpworld.

Not even "out of office" auto-replies.

Read full article

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At this point, you sort of expect Donald Trump's big-picture assaults on free speech, foreigners, and the rule of law. (Sometimes, as in the case of the new outright assault on US higher ed , all three are packaged in one convenient wrapper.) Although troubling and dangerous, these kinds of attacks are all at least predictably unhinged; most are drawn from the standard authoritarian playbook or its more recent " illiberal democracies " update.

It's when you look into the details, though, that one is constantly reminded: Nothing is too petty to be corrupted in Trumpworld.

Not even "out of office" auto-replies.

Read full article

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